Raymond A. Cardozo

Practice Areas

Ray’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and appellate matters. These include real estate litigation, tort and punitive damages claims, statutory/regulatory disputes, class action, commercial licensing/intellectual property, financial services, products liability and mass torts, employment discrimination, telecommunications and other litigation.

Ray is regularly ranked as among the best in his field. He has had lead responsibility for more than 200 appellate matters in the state and federal courts and has argued numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, federal circuits and state appellate courts. He has played a significant strategic and advocacy role in numerous complex commercial litigations at the trial court level. Prior to joining Reed Smith, Ray served for years as a deputy attorney general in the Office of the California Attorney General.

Ray is a member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and is president of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Ray has served in number of senior leadership roles at Reed Smith. Ray also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and on the Leadership Council of the Center for Youth Development Through Law.